Table 1.
Dermatologists | Rheumatologists | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
North America n = 141 | Europe n = 250 | North America n = 140 | Europe n = 250 | |
Mean years in practice | 18.8 | 16.2 | 18.4 | 15.1 |
Physician practice setting, % | ||||
Urban | 42.6 | 78.4 | 55.7 | 78.0 |
Suburban | 49.6 | 13.2 | 42.1 | 17.2 |
Rural | 7.8 | 8.0 | 2.1 | 4.8 |
Office‐based, % | 96.5 | 45.2 | 90.7 | 35.6 |
Hospital‐based, % | 3.5 | 54.8 | 9.3 | 64.4 |
Multispecialty practice, % | 15.6 | 47.2 | 35.7 | 53.2 |
Mean No. of dermatologists in practice | 3.5 | 4.9 | 1.6 | 1.3 |
Mean No. of rheumatologists in practice | 0.3 | 1.2 | 3.4 | 3.1 |
Mean weekly volume of patients | 173.3 | 159.4 | 106.6 | 104.9 |
Mean proportion of all visits related to medical dermatology, % | 84.1 | 87.1 | – | – |
Mean proportion of all visits related to psoriasis, % | 13.5 | 17.6 | – | – |
Mean proportion of all visits related to PsA, % | 3.0 | 5.0 | 14.7 | 15.2 |
PsA, psoriatic arthritis.